These are the ones that cause trouble in my house..calling the dogs etc

This is Jake (CAG)



Then Jag (BF Amazon)



Then Parker (RS Male Ecelectus)



Last but not least Oli (B&G Macaw), she's a rescued bird who was in a terrible state, she's getting better slowly though.



Rob

:wub: I love your parrots... We've got some too, though of the smaller varieties...

Phoenix (picture taken a couple of years ago, he now has adult plumage. Must take some new pictures of him)


Candy


Linus

He was sold to me as a boy, but I am pretty sure he is actually a she as there is no male behaviour in any shape or form. But then again, there is no indication at all in his plumage that it is a girl... It is difficult to say in lutinos, but usually a hint of barring can be seen in the girls, but can't see it in this one...
Whatever he is, he is beautiful! :)

yes you get bars on the tail etc. I'm sure Oli's a girl and I know Parkers a boy :D as everyone else will if they know what male and femal ekkies look like..jag I think is a boy, and jake I have no idea tho I think Girl :)

Have you any recent pics of pheonix? does he have a distinct ring on his neck?

Rob

Ps Ring necks can be gr8 talkers!! My friends makes me laugh. She has videos of him but I cant find em..will ask her to dig em out.

Rob

Yes, Phoenix has the distinctive ring of the males... beautiful! Have to take some new pictures of him and the rest of them. Vrea

This is my friends Ring neck Billy whizz, see if you can tell why he gets the name :lol: :lol:

You'll need sound/speakers on lol

He can say all sorts, but only when he's in the mood.

http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q69/pam...illyWhizz-1.flv

Hope you enjoy..he makes me laugh! :P

Great clip! Unfortunately Phoenix doesn't talk... doesn't worry me though... He does a good cockatiel impression though. :D

Vera

There lovely birds vera, full of mischief lol. people go on about larger birds when infact some of the smaller birds are much more fun and a pleasure to keep.

By the way I seem to of made a dbl post..I posted some pics of a few of my birds in a thread called MY BIRDS..and also this thread, could you please delete the other as it serves no purpose.

Ta Rob x

PS, if pheonix only a young birdie he has plenty of time to learn to talk..the prob is getting em to shut up once they do start <_< :lol: :lol:

Yes, I hope that Phoenix is going to get more confident in general.

I bought her from her "breeder"... a bloke that seemed to know a lot about birds, had many, rescued some and came recommended by a good friend of mine. Phoenix is supposed to be hand-reared and he insisted that he was a girl. I asked several times as I was thinking about getting a male partner for "her" at some point... When I got him at 9 months old, I didn't know any different obviously, so it was a surprise when the neck ring suddenly appeared... :blink:

Well, Phoenix is still as shy as he always was and hangs from the back of the cage when I approach it to change food/water etc. If he has handreared him, he has done a really bad job... He did say he made sure he didn't bond with him so there would not be a problem when he got a new owner... I thought that was a bit strange at the time, but didn't think any further about it! Well, I guess if Phoenix has not learnt to bond (or worse learnt to keep away from people because they are no fun), then how would he know how to bond with anyone.

He is great with the cockatiels though... and has deeply bonded with Linus - who was by the way from the same guy (as my previous male had died and Candy was really pining) and is I think probably a girl rather than a boy...

I have started clicker training Phoenix at some point and that went quite well... but haven't persevered. I think I need to persevere as I just can't see any other way to get Phoenix more confident around people... :( I really don't care whether he ever talks or not, but I find it so sad that he is still so scared of people after over two years here.

Vera

Alot of it as you well know with the dogs, is time and paitence lol.. If nev had wings and squarked I wouldnt have a problem lol.

How many hours a day is phoenix out of his cage? and how do you interact with him?
If you'd like some usefull tips on ways to gain his trust, handle him please dont hesitate to ask.
It does take time, but is well worth it in the end, Ringnecks are great birds and so funny, there really nosey usually too which makes em easy to win around.

Take care Rob

ps

Some more of my birds here, or birds I picked up via the rescue which have been rehomed now, though most are my own.

http://s114.photobucket.com/albums/n254/Robert2006UK/

As I work full-time during the day, the birds are not out as much during the week as I would like. And because I can't handle Phoenix (or Linus for that matter), I have to time things well to make sure that they go back into their cages before nightfall.

I have however started letting them out for a couple of hours now after work as I have found out that just turning the light off gets them back into their cage... it doesn't have to be acual dusk...

At week-ends, they are usually out a couple of hours on Saturay and usually all of Sunday when we are at home (which is almost always - though with FIL in hospital twice in the last couple of months, that was a bit irregular too).

I must admit, I don't interact too much with him - or the other animals. Because I haven't got so much time for each individual one, I make sure that they have company of their own kind so they don't get bored (hence my thought of also getting a second Ringneck... though Phoenix gets on very well with the cockatiels... but they are not in the same cage). Strangely, most of my animals (including rabbits and my other cockatiel Candy) are extremely friendly and handlable (I can handle all the rabbits without problems and most love being petted too) eventhough I don't really do an awful lot with them. Sometimes I wonder whether that is why... as I give them space and don't "impose" myself on them.

Candy was strange... for the first 18 months I had her, she was very shy (eventhough she was handreared) and then suddenly overnight she fell in love with me and can now be handled anyway I want... she loves it!

But Phoenix hasn't lost his fear at all. I don't need him to be cuddly or even handlable, although I love it if birds are hand tame, it is not a condition for me to love them and enjoy them! But I just want Phoenix to lose his fear when I (or anyone) else goes to his cage. He comes quite near when he is out (because he can fly away if it gets too scary I guess), but very fearful in his cage...

When I clicker trained him, he was getting better... but I didn't continue with it. I know that I just need to make a better effort to interact with him and continue the clicker training! He used to love it and was looking forward to our sessions.

Any further tips are always welcome! So fire away if you want! :D

Vera

PS. What is your experience in having cockatiels and ringnecks in one cage? They are in separate cages at the moment... would it be an option to put them together in one biiiiig cage? Or are ringnecks too big or too bullyish?